At the end of yoga practice we usually practice savasana known as corpse pose in English. While releasing the entire body to the floor we let go of unconscious holds and grips. The letting go doesn’t stop at the physical level. We soften and relax so we can let go of thoughts about the future …
Practicing yoga repeatedly overtime can be life changing. Some people may experience flashes of wisdom that spark their yogic fire early on in their yogic journey. Some people may have quieter experiences. In any case practicing yoga helps us to become more flexible and pliable mentally and physically. We become like a little bouncy ball …
The story behind why Reveal Yoga received its name speaks to the mysteriousness of yoga. Many people do not know what yoga really is, although these days yoga is incredibly popular. Yoga has to be experienced and it is more than a mental concept. Just like answers and secrets that are revealed over time so …
What is the yogic state? Is there always a yoga frequency our there that we turn our dials to for a yogic experience? Or is it a type of yogic energy we can generate by doing yoga practices? Or is both? When we do yoga we are making the yoga frequency bigger. Doing yoga by …
Yoga poses are the means for us to transform. Our minds and hearts change from the beginning of practice to end. When is the end? When we leave a class or our home practice, what happens? There are many different poses and we can become different shapes, animals, and forms. In our lives we transition …
Yoga can bring you relief from the upheavals of embodied living. Yoga can relieve your stress, reduce your pain, and provide you with a better night’s sleep. However, you must act and deliberately choose yoga practice. It will not happen all by itself. Isn’t time you broke through your reservations about attending class. There is …
Yoga practice can help us chill out or take a “chill pill”. However, we do not need to take a pill or any other substance other than our own willpower to become calm. Some of us are so accustomed to being tense that relaxation seems like a foreign and even uncomfortable state. Quieting down the …
The first wide standing yoga pose introduced in B.K.S. Iyengar’s Light on Yoga is Utthita Hasta Padasana, Extended Hand Foot Pose. We stand wide in this yoga pose. The inner feet are kept parallel to each other like railroad tracks like in Tadasana, mountain pose. The knee caps lift up and the backs of the …
What is the goal of yoga? Some say it is to quiet the mind. Others suggest it is to reach the ultimate and final stage of yoga named Samadhi. This 8th stage is the complete absorption of the body, mind, and spirit. What is your yogic goal? Do you practice for health reasons? Do you …
When we work with our hands in yoga, the instruction to spread the skin on the palms is often given. Hands are usually addressed with the air element. We reach them up into space. Spreading the finger webbing helps us to feel our hands become aware of the skin on the palms. We learn where …